Press Release: Philadelphia bantamweight Christian Carto has been added to the line-up on September 29th at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. Carto (11-0, 11 KOs) is set to take on Alonso Melendez (14-1, 11 KOs) of Chihuahua, Mexico in a bout scheduled for eight rounds. The 20 year-old Carto has kept extremely busy as he fought all eleven of his bouts in a thirteen-month span, with his latest being a second-round stoppage over Phillip Adyaka on August 11th.

This will be Caro's first appearance at the 2300 Arena.

[The inactive] Melendez will making his United States debut. He has won three in a row, and the five-year professional has a win over previously undefeated Edgar Garcia. Alonso is coming off a seventh-round stoppage over Jesus Limones on September 9, 2015 in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Also on the show, Carlos Rosario (7-2, 4 KOs) of Pennsuaken, New Jersey and Jerome Conquest (8-2, 1 KO) of Philadelphia will meet in an eight-round lightweight bout...